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How The Light Gets In festival press handout image.

Space

New Scientist recommends HowTheLightGetsIn festival in London

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

Culture

Sonic Spider

Life

New Scientist recommends eight-legged musical instrument Sonic Spider

Culture

Mind

This is how your brain knows when the beat is about to drop

News

The band Pearl Jam playing in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this month

Mind

From Pearl Jam to Dolly Parton, how musicians' tempos change over time

News

MINING - West Pole Beacon.

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The man transforming data from two dramatic storms into music

Culture

Life

Monkeys can learn to tap to the beat of the Backstreet Boys

News

Mind

Your genes may influence how much you enjoy listening to music

News

Mind

Some of our favourite songs make us sad, which may be why we like them

News

Why some songs make our heart swell and others give us butterflies

Mind

Why some songs make our heart swell and others give us butterflies

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MPTKBG Trumpets and trumpet tube, Bronze Age (Britain), (c2500 BC-c800 BC). Artist: Unknown.

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Sound Tracks: A fascinating archaeological history of music

Archaeologist, multi-instrumentalist and historian Graeme Lawson sets out to tell the story of music from 40,000 years ago until today, in his wide-ranging new book

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New Scientist recommends AI-enhanced ballet A Body for Harnasie

Culture

Technology

Could an AI replace all music ever recorded with Taylor Swift covers?

News

Mind

The art of olfaction should take its place alongside other art forms

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Mathematics

Pythagoras was wrong about the maths behind pleasant music

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